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>> well, the whole theme of the obama state of the union when he said guns measure deserves a vote. that's not how congress works. obama is asking for the exception, not the rules. they have a bunch of rules that try to prevent votes. in the senate the obama team probably should have seen that republicans could have used the 60 votes against hagel, as they have. therefore, the big task for obama is to try to get a pledge from boehner, it will be very, very, very hard to do, zwrous get his measures that he's favors in his agenda to the floor of the house. that is very hard since boehner controls everything. >> chris, the exception, not the rule? but it seems that the rule these days is exactly what we are seeing. >> when it comes to i think big pieces of legislation or big issues, it is the rule. if you're talking about sequestration, a good example, it's going to require 60 votes for a deal to get through the senate, which basically means the proposal the democrats came up with just a few days ago is more or less dead in the water. >> right. >> immigration may be a little bit differ
>> well, the whole theme of the obama state of the union when he said guns measure deserves a vote. that's not how congress works. obama is asking for the exception, not the rules. they have a bunch of rules that try to prevent votes. in the senate the obama team probably should have seen that republicans could have used the 60 votes against hagel, as they have. therefore, the big task for obama is to try to get a pledge from boehner, it will be very, very, very hard to do, zwrous get his...
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jon: president obama wrapping up his post state of union tour today in his home of chicago, where he is set to delivery m on gun violence a few hours from now, blocks away from his home. and close to where a teenager, who performed at his inauguration was recently shot and killed. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live from chicago with the latest on all of this. >> reporter: good to see you, jon. you're right the president will be coming here to the hyde park academy talking to high school students. it fits into his broader theme in his state of the union about education and trying to get high school students into college, give them a better start, build a better middle class as we heard him talk so much out on the road this week. you're right the elephant in the room is the gun violence gripping his hometown of chicago. the young lady you were talking about, 15 years old gunned down because of gang violence, within a mile of the president's personal home. her parents came to the state of the union, sat in the backs upstairs with first lady, michelle obama and the presiden
jon: president obama wrapping up his post state of union tour today in his home of chicago, where he is set to delivery m on gun violence a few hours from now, blocks away from his home. and close to where a teenager, who performed at his inauguration was recently shot and killed. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live from chicago with the latest on all of this. >> reporter: good to see you, jon. you're right the president will be coming here to the hyde park academy talking to...
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and in the state of the union address, president obama talked about gun violence. well, later today, he's going to be in chicago to talk about possible solutions. this is cnn newsroom. i'm suzanne malveaux. and first, the meteor that rocketed down from space today tore across the skies over southern russia. this is what it looked like. pretty amazing pictures of this streak of bright light. that is actually the meteor burning up. the shockwave triggered a huge sonic boom. listen to it. a terrifying blast. shattered the windows across the area. more than 1,000 were hurt including 200 children. most of the injuries from that flying glass that you saw there. want to bring this chad myers talking about how this happened. what actually took place? why did it get so close? >> well, what it was was an asteroid that was out there. turned into a meteor when it hit the atmosphere. and then probably even rained down meteorites now down on the ground. it is not the asteroid that is thousand g thousand g now getting close today. the big one is coming in from the south. this thi
and in the state of the union address, president obama talked about gun violence. well, later today, he's going to be in chicago to talk about possible solutions. this is cnn newsroom. i'm suzanne malveaux. and first, the meteor that rocketed down from space today tore across the skies over southern russia. this is what it looked like. pretty amazing pictures of this streak of bright light. that is actually the meteor burning up. the shockwave triggered a huge sonic boom. listen to it. a...
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president obama with a very powerful, emotional ending to his state of the union speech. >> number 1: gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of tucson and blacksberg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence they deserve a simple vote. >> yes, indeed a very powerful moment, a very powerful message on the president saying, you can vote no if you want to. i am not asking you necessarily. you have to vote for the assault weapons ban, although you should, but certainly, that idea and banning the high-capacity magazines as well as closing the loophole on the gun shows deserves a vote. >> this is "the bill press show." going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that th
president obama with a very powerful, emotional ending to his state of the union speech. >> number 1: gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of tucson and blacksberg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence they deserve a simple vote. >> yes, indeed a very powerful moment, a very powerful message on the president saying, you can vote no if you want to. i am not asking you...
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>> you're coming home, chris, as president of the united states. and you're saying, i understand this cycle of poverty and violence and guns, and lack of opportunity, lack of social services, in this community. and that's what i was talking about in my state of the union, and that's what i'm trying to do in washington and i am trying to do it for the children of newtown and i'm trying to do it for the children of chicago as well. and for hadiya, and for all of you here. so i think he has a real moment here because this is urban america. and he has a real moment here to talk about this in a different way. not just talking about whether the assault weapons ban has a shot of getting through the congress or whether you're going to get universal background checks and what are the political chances of that and does he hurt the democratic party, et cetera. he gets to talk about this as a father, as somebody as lynn pointed out whose house is in chicago, whose home is in chicago. so he gets to talk about it from the gut, in a very different way. that's wha
>> you're coming home, chris, as president of the united states. and you're saying, i understand this cycle of poverty and violence and guns, and lack of opportunity, lack of social services, in this community. and that's what i was talking about in my state of the union, and that's what i'm trying to do in washington and i am trying to do it for the children of newtown and i'm trying to do it for the children of chicago as well. and for hadiya, and for all of you here. so i think he has...
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at the state of union. many can choking up as the president pleaded -- >> deserves a vote in ytucson ad blacksburg and countless other communities ripped over by gun violence. they deserve a simple vote. >> it cannot get more raw than that. at the same time, for the national rifle association, the nra, it's all about fear. >> we're the millions and millions of americans who take responsibility for our own safety. and protection. of our children. as a god-given right. and for our second amendment freedom, mr. president, we will stand and fight throughout this country as americans for our freedom. we promise you that. >> it's almost as if you don't own a gun, you'll die. you can't trust anybody, that is, except your gun. in the political game, it's sorrow versus fear. so the question, who's winning the war over gun control? lz? >> president obama, right now. but i think the more that you have the emotional speeches and victims and survivors on camera without any action, the less power influence you'll have in
at the state of union. many can choking up as the president pleaded -- >> deserves a vote in ytucson ad blacksburg and countless other communities ripped over by gun violence. they deserve a simple vote. >> it cannot get more raw than that. at the same time, for the national rifle association, the nra, it's all about fear. >> we're the millions and millions of americans who take responsibility for our own safety. and protection. of our children. as a god-given right. and for...